Oxford Handbook of Construction Grammar

The last decade has seen a rise in popularity in construction-based approaches to grammar. The various approaches within the rubric 'construction grammar' all see language as a network of constructions-pairings of form and meaning. Construction Grammar as a kind of cognitive linguistics differs significantly from mainstream generative grammar as espoused by Chomsky and his followers. Advocates of Construction Grammar see it as a psychologically plausible theory of human language. As such it is capable of providing a principled account of language acquisition language variation and language change. Research in Construction Grammar also includes multidisciplinary cognitive studies in psycholinguistics neurolinguistics and computational linguistics.